Question

In a novel, four friends living in this country read the suicidal student Lola’s diary (10[1])and are interrogated by the Captain. (10[1])A poet from this country named Oskar Pastior inspired a novel originally titled for a “swinging (10[1])breath” (10[1])in which a closeted gay teen trades books such as Faust for supplies. This country, the primary setting of The (-5[1])Land of Green Plums, (10[1])is the birthplace (10[4])of a character (10[1]-5[1])who shovels coal after being deported to a Soviet labor camp, Leo Auberg. This country’s ethnic German minority is central to Herta (10[1])Müller’s (10[1]-5[1])novel The Hunger (10[2])Angel. (10[1]-5[1])An author born in this country wrote a play in which Jean (“zhawn”) claims that “humanism is dead!” (10[1])after his skin turns green (-5[1])and (10[1])Bérenger (10[2])(“bay-ron-JAY”) watches (10[2])the other characters (10[4])turn (10[2])into the title (10[2])animals. (10[1]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (-5[1])name this country, the birthplace of Eugene (10[1])Ionesco. (10[3])■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Romania
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicGeorgia Tech B1410
Ethan StrombeckStanford AStanford C2010
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghCambridge C3610
Andrew HannaPennColumbia B3710
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan C57-5
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)6110
Raymond WangCornell ABinghamton6410
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty B (DII)6410
Guy IndoranteIowa StateMinnesota B6410
Jack LewisMTSUAlabama6410
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B67-5
Andrew FisherSheffieldDurham A6710
Moses KitakuleColumbia ANYU B8910
Keegan WulfMinnesota CArizona State90-5
Bryanna ShaoVanderbilt AHarding9010
Andrew ZengStanford BBerkeley C9310
Omer KeskinOxford AKCL9310
Andrew Storm (DII)GWU B (Grad)William & Mary A (UG)94-5
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)JMU B (UG)9410
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley A11110
Roxanne Tang (UG)Ohio State AOhio State B116-5
Eli IssoksonBrandeis ABoston University11710
Ted WarnerBristolImperial A11810
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AOxford C11810
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)UNC D (DII)11910
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaTennessee11910
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)12210
Bryan UgazArizona StateMinnesota C12210
Eshan Pant (DII)NYU AJohn Jay12210
Matthew SiffYale AHarvard B12210
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)12310
Eliza DeanOxford BImperial B12310
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia CHaverford12610
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AVanderbilt B12610
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarRowan127-5
Thomas HartWarwickDurham B12710
Ian DewanKielCambridge B12810
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Virginia B (UG)130-5
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonCedarville13710
Jacky XuCornell BCornell C13810
Cade ReinbergerRIT BRIT A13810
William DouganDartmouth ABrandeis B13810
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)JMU A (UG)13910
Derek Aldridge (DII)William & Mary A (UG)GWU B (Grad)13910
Kristy Lau (DII)Virginia B (UG)Duke A (UG)13910
Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan CMichigan A1390
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BOhio State A1390
Ashish KumbhardareRowanVassar13910